A grandmother was carjacked on Christmas Eve as she was driving to her family to deliver presents. The woman was dragged out of her van as Patrick Ward, 27, then drove off in it following the incident in Middleton.
Police chased him on the M60 and then into Oldham, and Ward was only stopped after a stinger blew out his tyres. A judge told Ward he should be 'thoroughly ashamed' of himself, before jailing him for four years and four months.
Minshull Street Crown Court heard that at about 10pm on Christmas Eve, 2018, the woman was travelling to see her grandchildren to deliver presents, including a Playstation and aftershave.
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